# hpsc - Sunday 18 July, 2021
# Syphilis
# Syphilis
The number of cases are exceeding those seen before the Covid-19 pandemic.
# hpsc - Wednesday 26 May, 2021
# Nursing Homes
# Nursing Homes
Community incidence rates near homes and the number of beds within homes were among the factors.
# hpsc - Friday 30 April, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The programme will measure the level of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater within 68 wastewater catchment areas.
# hpsc - Monday 21 December, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
The HPSC is Ireland’s specialist agency for the surveillance of communicable diseases.
# hpsc - Friday 23 October, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
On day one of Level 5 let’s look at the spread of Covid-19 in Ireland – and how the data compares with last week.
# hpsc - Thursday 15 October, 2020
# HPSC
# HPSC
The HPSC published its latest report on outbreaks and clusters in Ireland this morning.
# hpsc - Sunday 27 September, 2020
# HSE
# HSE
Data from the UK suggests that BAME healthcare workers were more likely to die from Covid-19.
# hpsc - Friday 18 September, 2020
# Dublin
# Dublin
The industry has said that few cases are linked to pubs and restaurants but international studies suggest dining out could be a factor in the spread of the disease.
# hpsc - Tuesday 15 September, 2020
# 14-DAY INCIDENCE
# 14-DAY INCIDENCE
Dublin – which has seen a spike in cases since late August – is highest at 89.1 while Sligo is the lowest at 3.1 per 100,000.
# hpsc - Saturday 12 September, 2020
# Flu Season
# Flu Season
Rates of healthcare worker vaccine uptake, particularly in nursing homes, remain low.
# hpsc - Wednesday 9 September, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
The total number of workplace outbreaks is 85, including 31 in meat processing plants.
# hpsc - Tuesday 8 September, 2020
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
In the video, Ben Gilroy makes a number of false and misleading claims about coronavirus and suicide in Ireland.
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
A widely shared Facebook video incorrectly claims that 100 people, not 1,777, have died because of the virus in Ireland.
# hpsc - Thursday 2 July, 2020
# New Guidelines
# New Guidelines
Teachers’ unions will appear before the Dáil’s Covid-19 committee today.
# hpsc - Monday 1 June, 2020
# HSE
# HSE
Guidance regarding immunity and healthcare workers was compiled by the HSE.
# hpsc - Wednesday 20 May, 2020
# HPSC
# HPSC
The latest county-by-county breakdown shows Leitrim, Sligo, Waterford and Carlow have the least amount of cases.
# hpsc - Monday 6 April, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan confirmed the increase in clusters this evening.
# hpsc - Sunday 5 April, 2020
# Outbreaks
# Outbreaks
This number of clusters rose by ten in the space of one day, according to data from the HPSC .
# hpsc - Saturday 4 April, 2020
# HPSC
# HPSC
Figures correct as of midnight on Wednesday were released this morning by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
# hpsc - Friday 3 April, 2020
# Outbreak
# Outbreak
Nursing homes now account for 23.8% of Covid-19 clusters in the country.
# hpsc - Wednesday 1 April, 2020
# Data Breakdown
# Data Breakdown
That’s according to the latest data by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
# hpsc - Thursday 26 March, 2020
# HPSC
# HPSC
Three children under the age of one have contracted the virus so far.
# hpsc - Friday 25 October, 2019
# Mumps
# Mumps
In September, Health Protection Surveillance Centre was notified of 69 cases of mumps.
# hpsc - Monday 4 March, 2019
# Vaccine
# Vaccine
There have been five cases since the start of February.
# hpsc - Friday 16 November, 2018
# Safe Sex
# Safe Sex
A total of 11,078 STI diagnoses have been reported so far this year.
# hpsc - Saturday 7 January, 2017
# Warning
# Warning
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre said 341 people were admitted to hospital for flu in the last two weeks of 2016.
# hpsc - Friday 16 January, 2015
# Achoo
# Achoo
Yesterday the HSE warned that flu rates are on the rise.
# hpsc - Friday 17 October, 2014
# If And When
# If And When
Plans are in place for a number of different scenarios.
# hpsc - Wednesday 2 April, 2014
# Infected
# Infected
Two cases have been confirmed at NUI Galway in the first cases in the country so far this year.
# hpsc - Friday 14 February, 2014
# Warning
# Warning
The HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has said the number of influenza-like illnesses has increased over the past week.
# hpsc - Saturday 17 August, 2013
# HIV
# HIV
The research in the Irish Medical Journal found many of the children’s illnesses were diagnosed at an advanced stage.
# hpsc - Friday 9 August, 2013
# Leprosy
# Leprosy
A male foreign national had a occurrence of the disease which he had contracted in a foreign country and has been treated in a north-east hospital.
# hpsc - Saturday 8 June, 2013
# HIV Stats
# HIV Stats
New statistics show that the number of people with HIV in Ireland rose last year for the first time in four years.
# hpsc - Friday 21 December, 2012
# Flu
# Flu
The HSE says flu is now ciruclating, and over 65s, pregnant women and people with chronic illnesses should act quickly.
# hpsc - Sunday 16 December, 2012
# Outbreak
# Outbreak
The HSE says that the second successive year of doubling cases is “of concern” – and 80 per cent of hospitalised cases were babies aged between newborn and 5 months old.
# hpsc - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
# World Aids Day
# World Aids Day
Ahead of World AIDS Day this Saturday, the Dublin AIDS Alliance is urging people to take greater care of their sexual health.
# hpsc - Saturday 3 November, 2012
# hpsc - Thursday 2 August, 2012
# Illness
# Illness
The virus, which is spread to humans by rodents and can be life-threatening, was discovered in a patient at the Mid Western Regional Hospital.
# hpsc - Saturday 10 March, 2012
# Health
# Health
A new report has shows that 229 children suffered with whooping cough in 2011.
# hpsc - Tuesday 20 December, 2011
# Health
# Health
While incidences of MRSA were the lowest ever recorded by the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre, the number of measles cases in Ireland rose by 149 per cent last year.
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